Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-03-13
Ry EhIzA ARCHARD.
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THE FIRE.
CONTINUED.


He had barely time to save himself by the
window through which Myra had vanished
like a spirit.
Where was she now? Was she perishing
in the flames with the children? She was
not on the yeranda. Fire andSmOke poured
from all the windows and mounted to the
roof. They drove him from the Neranda.
lie sprang down the iron supports to the
ground. lie ran around the burning build
ing CRYING for help. The cook and the
coachman fitted past him. These were
all the PERSONS in the house ut the time,
except his wife aud children. The crowd
came pouring in from the street, and an
other moment the grounds Were full OF
n,ople The house was a mass of flame.
Heavens, we're his boys in there? lie tan
cisd he heard a cry. He darted toward
the lire like an insane person. Strong men
rluyht HIM by the wrists aud held HIM
back.
la scarcely more time than takes to read
This the fire had done its work. Only the
b,re outrr walls OF the house were left.
The inner wall had fallen in. What had
tb,v hurried under their direful ruins? One
handed Philip some clothing. He had
tnrgo.trn he hui only ms night clothes on.
TWAS pitfuI thing to see him, crying
fnr his childrra, calling them by their
names. searching for them under the trees,
p..ring into corners OF the outbuilding[ If.
b.pIy they might not be hidden there. All
thlt uighl hr went un cT1ller than his III
>,u,. viii, Toward morning he remember
ed that lac wls u man. lie collected him
s,iL
Messengers, descriptions ct the lost chill
drru were sent I'm every direction. There
were DAYS. weeks Of hrartache for the
>rll,Aru father, hut no tidings Ot his dar'
lIug- came.
Where Was his wite2 ID WAS the cOnclu-
sion. at first thought, that she had been
hurr,,l tn death, and buried under the ru-
ms Ian his AGONY that night Philip had
not given much thought tn her. But next
muynlng = message came from Myras
m,thrr. Ills wife WAS at her home, anu
would he. her husband, take her away at
on,.. aud provide for her? She had He'd
nri there in the night, from the fire.
Madam dill not feel safe to have her IN the
hou~s.
philip had no home for her now. There
rrmliurd only one place. The poor, de-
Inrai,l r~rrltur. went to the fanatic aNy-
lum.
Tn. origin Of the fire WAS a matter OF
mystery. Nothing certain could be found
ont. i;ut the day after II happened the
rusr.r.tu ramr 10 Philip with the AIR ol
one WHO hld something to communicate.
III Ioa'I l"ok We'll in a man to be tell
iug tales GA a Woman, Mr.. pumoray, he
said. "Eut May. who tended GA Mrs.
Dunluulv. left her last night n went To a
hlIl. ~lw her ~ midnight. | was ont
my~,'C. and ! Il nnt deny 1t, aud didn'tc come
E.m, an > u'rlork saw 4 bright light
ir the library. where the piles at news
ptprrS arr. thought il WAS you up read
ips and didn't look in. | went by easy
like, tor / didn't want you To know was
uut 80 late. { put on my shoes and Sllpned
around To the back stairs. | saw Mrs.
Dumnrly .uiug aInngthe hall toward yOrr
rnn.u. with q night lamp in her hand.
There WIS nobody to watch her. and she
slrpprd out. aud I think it was her set the
hII>r aGrr.'
rhilm thought 50 too, remembering what
D.. hli seen. But the boys, his children?
Uul she carried them in their sleep into
h-r own roam, OF into the library, before
She liz the ire II was an awful thought
The hnvS were at first given mp to have
prri-hrl i'm the building. But MIR. Dunno
Tny hul vet to learn the depth at dcvlitry
ppI cunning Of which insane hate IL capa-
hlr. New troubles awaited him. lie had
r,pr tn whom he could turn for help. His
father and mother were now both dead.
They h,d never been the same to him after
hi. marriage, II had caused thru 4 dis
plea urr uud disappointment they were not
quitraLlr tO overcome. He took lodging
nrrr the ruins of his home, resolved To
pyu,.ltr the mystery at the disappearance
nr his boys. iIr had had the debris OF the
huiilins carefully dug out and examined.
4 council ri experts WAS summoned. IheS
~.trrhrd the burned remains. No trace OF
hnnr ur flesh could be found. After laying
their heads together thay rendered IN opin-
ION of q Wisdom and protundity such rs
only medical and chemical experts can
give.
The law has q wayen nose, which the
lawyer rau turn to the right or left as he
please, says the German proverb. ~ has
mcdirinr. The verdict OF the learned
ones WIS ON this wise:
.'Thr undersigned have to report that
they have carefully examined different por-
trou~ of The ashes and emberS taken from
tine rain Ut Mr.. Philip DumOray'S house.
They hive subjected the same torigid anal
y,i>. IT, thcrr Judgment traces have been
found of q Substance which may he CON
>turl to D. the ashes OF human remains.
At the same time they deem 1t necessary
10 ~ttt-thtt q similar ISh i sometimes the
rrSilum from IA" consumption by fire ct
other ur,tnIr compounds.
JAMES BENSON. NJ d,
III. I. TuNrEIN~. VI j.,
3D.. l.. EoYu, Pharmacist.
Here wa wisdom.
Ihilir pluoray was Just where he was
h"f"r.. What should he dn next Tie
.pu"ht ever, possible SnurGe ct miorma-